Improvement



W. P. FEY. Beer-Cooler.

"No. 207264. Patented Aug. 20,1878;

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UNITED STATES PATENT Suntan WILLIAMNF. FEY, on CINCINNATI, onto.

IMPROVEMENT lN BEER-COOLERS Qpeeification forming part of Letters Patent No; 201,264, dated-August 20, 1878; application filtzd April 5, 1878. 7

great amount of cooling-surface without ex-' posing the beer or otherv liquid to theatinosphere. V

My invention consists of a series of cylinders, placed in a vertical: array, connected at both ends to each other, and having chambers at each end, each cylinder being provided with a series of connecting-pipes, secured in the inside'hea-ds of the chambers in a peculiar manner, which permits easy attachment of the parts'for cleaning, 850. The operation is such that the beer or other liquid is permitted to flow into the chamber at one'end of the upper cylinder, through the pipes thereof, and into the opposite. chamber of the next succeeding cylinder; and. the water, or other cooling medium, is permitted to rise, surround the conducting-pipes, and pass from one cylinder to the other upward. The operation may,

however, be reversed, and the apparatusused ina vertical as well as horizontal position.

The operation of the apparatus when used as a condenser is thesame as for beer or other liquids, the vapors to be condensed entering the same pipe as the beer or other liquids, and passes through the cylinders in the same mannor as the beer'or other liquids.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 isa vertical section, partly in elevation, of my improvement. Fig. 2 is a View of the inside head of the chamber, showing the-ends of the ,A represents amine, supporting a seriesjof cylinders, B. Each cylinder, which mayfbc either circular, square, br -of any other form iii cross-section,i's provided with flanges-at theend, to which may be attached the detachable heads G',"and,- inside these heads, heads D are formed, in which are secured conducting-,pipesll. Each of the heads Dis of a suf-.

ficient diameter -to extend outside of the di ameter of the cylinder, seas to enter between of bolts, (1. The tubes E are secured in these heads at each end by nuts '6. It will be seen that by the removal of the chambers from one end, and the nuts from the pipes at the opposide end, the heads D may be drawn'out, can ryin g all the tubes with them, and convenience be thus afl'orded for perfect cleaning. At the end of each cylinder at which the beer or other liquid is received a cock, F, isprovided, so that the beer or other liquid collected below the lowest pipe can be drawn oil through the chambers. i I

Beer or other liquid is received at pipe G and after passing through;,,the first seriesot pipes E, is condii'cted into the second cylinder, through pipe H, and so on through all the cylinders of the series, through pipes H, in the manner shown by the arrows. I "t l I Thewaterorothercoolingmediumisreceived at pipe I. from any sourceoftsupply and is conducted into the space around the pipes between the heads D D. From. thence it-jrises through pipe J to the second chamber, and so on, through similar pipes J, throughout the entire series. V i i My apparatus, when used asa condenser,

which purpose I prefer, is operated in the same manner as when used for cooling beer or other liquids. Thev'apors from the still are received at pipe G-the same pipe at which the. beer I or other liquid is --rece1ved-and pass through pipes E, and are conducted through pipes H from one cylinder to the other'until thofoughly condensed. The ,water is received at pipe I. and

conducted'throughout the entire series of cyl; inders through pipes J, in the same manner as described for cooling beer or other liquid.

It will be seen that by my apparatus,'-when used as a condenser, the volume of vapor 1s compelled to enter a number of pipes, and hence it is condensed in greater volume and with'greater rapidity than by the metlioctior apparatus now employed. It will be seen, also, that this form of cooler or condenser gives great amount of cooling oreondensingsufrjiae within a small space, and without expensive construction in-the apparaths. y

improvement, moreover,permits the ad- Having thus described my invention, what I desire to c'ia-im, and secure by Letters Patent 1s- The combination of the series of horizontal cylinders B 13, having heads 0 at their ends and'interior heads D 1), connected by the tubes E E, the inlet-pipe G, cocks F, pipes H, and water-inlet I, all constructed and arranged substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

- In testimony of which invention I hereunto set my hand.

WM. F. FEYL Wi tncsses:

JOHN E. Jonns, CHAS. F. GESSERT. 

